These fun cookies feature chocolate and peanut butter with crunchy Reese’s Pieces. Make them into funny faces or just regular round cookies. Either way they’re sure to satisfy your sweet tooth!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese’s Pieces Cookies aren’t too soft or too crunchy. They’re just right. Especially if you love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter.
Did you know you can easily measure fat based non water soluble ingredients like peanut butter, butter and shortening easily using a little science? It’s called displacement. If you put cold water in a measuring cup and submerge a spoonful or chunk of the ingredient you’re measuring, once the water level moves up to the desired measurement, you’ve got the correct amount. For instance, to measure 2/3 cup of butter, add 1 cup of cold water to a clear measuring cup. Add cold butter until the water line moves up to 1 2/3 cup. Pretty cool huh?
The water has to be cold so you don’t melt the fat. Just give the butter a little shake to make sure all the water is gone. Then allow the butter to come to room temperature so you can really cream it together with the sugars.
The dough is quite stiff so using a stand mixer is really helpful. Don’t over do it after you’ve added the Reece’s Pieces. Just a few rounds on low speed, otherwise they’ll break up too much.
Roll the dough into balls and press gently with the bottom of a glass or mug. If the dough is sticking, wet the glass with a bit of water. Here’s the fun part. Use your imagination to create fun designs with the remaining Reese’s Pieces. These are goofy faces with funny teeth. You may have to give the middle indent a little press while they’re still warm to maintain the shape if you’re making faces.
These are for people with too much time on their hands. If you prefer, just press a few Reese’s Pieces into the top before baking. They’re just as delicious.
Cool on a rack if you can wait that long. This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies if you’re making goofy faces or 4 dozen regular round ones.
Here’s the recipe:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese's Pieces Cookies
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ⅔ cup smooth peanut butter
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- pinch salt
- ⅔ cup Reese's Pieces candy plus extra for decoration
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, combine butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and white sugar and beat until creamy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
- Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Pour into mixer and beat on medium-low speed until dry mixture is incorporated into wet ingredients.
- Add Reese's Pieces on low speed just until mixed into dough.
- Scoop dough by spoonfuls and roll into balls, keeping sizes the same. Place on ungreased baking sheet, leaving room between balls for expansion.
- Using the back of a mug or glass, press into each ball to form circular disk. Wet the back of the glass with cold water if it's sticking.
- Press Reese's Pieces into cookie dough in pattern of your choice.
- Bake in upper half of oven for 10 minutes. Cool on a rack.
They were yummy! 🙂